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OpenAI Unveils o3 Model and Becomes First to Crack the ARC-AGI Benchmark in 5 Years
On the final day of the “12 days of OpenAI” announcements, OpenAI revealed the biggest update. OpenAI announced the o3 and o3-mini reasoning models, and most notably, OpenAI made history as o3 became the first AI model to crack the hallowed ARC-AGI benchmark, breaking a five-year unbeaten streak. Image Credit: OpenAI via YouTube On the ARC-AGI Semi-Private Evaluation Set, OpenAI’s…
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Romanian Netwalker ransomware affiliate sentenced to 20 years in prison
Daniel Christian Hulea, a Romanian man charged for his involvement in NetWalker ransomware attacks, was sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to computer fraud conspiracy and wire fraud conspiracy in June. Hulea was extradited to the United States after being arrested by Romanian police in Cluj in July 2023 at a request from U.S. law enforcement authorities.…
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Raccoon Stealer malware operator gets 5 years in prison after guilty plea
Ukrainian national Mark Sokolovsky was sentenced today to five years in prison for his involvement in the Raccoon Stealer malware cybercrime operation. According to unsealed court documents, Sokolovsky (also known as raccoon-stealer, Photix, and black21jack77777) and his conspirators rented the malware to other threat actors under a MaaS (malware-as-a-service) model for $75 per week or $200 monthly. After infecting a…
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The TimeCapsule Makes AirTags Last Up to 10 Years
Elevation Lab has introduced TimeCapsule, a new device designed to improve the battery life of Apple AirTags. It adds a protective layer around the AirTag and increases the battery life up to around 10 years. To use TimeCapsule, you have to remove the original battery and back plate from the AirTag and then put the AirTag into the TimeCapsule. The…
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7 Years Later, a New HDMI Standard Could Be Coming Soon
Can you believe that it has been almost 7 years since the last version of HDMI came out? The HDMI 2.1 was released on November 28, 2017, and since then there have been no major updates on it. This has been quite a long gap, and things have improved a lot over this period for cables and standards. But we…
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US charges 14 members of North Korean IT worker scam that bagged $88 million in six years
More than a dozen North Korean nationals suspected of operating a social engineering scam posing as fake IT staff have been indicted in the US, after generating serious income for the DPRK. A federal court in St. Louis, Missouri formally charged 14 individuals with “long-running conspiracies to violate US sanctions and to commit wire fraud, money laundering, and identity theft”.…
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I Have Been an Apple User for 10 Years and Here’s How I Make the Most out of Apple’s Ecosystem
I’m an Apple superfan and have invested heavily in the Apple ecosystem. I started with an iPhone, then bought a Mac and iPad, and now I’ve got a device from almost every lineup. Ten years down, I’m happily tied to the Apple ecosystem, and it has made my everyday life a lot easier. The Apple Ecosystem offers seamless connectivity between…
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I’ve been reviewing TVs for 10 years and these are the best Black Friday OLED TV deals
Time is running out to save big on a 2024 OLED TV. I spent most of this year testing and reviewing these sensational TVs, but today, I’m focusing on helping folks find a fantastic Black Friday deal on one of them. There are plenty of Black Friday TV deals going around, but not all of them involve OLEDs. To make…
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Bitfinex hacker gets 5 years in prison for 120,000 bitcoin heist
A hacker responsible for stealing 119,754 Bitcoin in a 2016 hack on the Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange was sentenced to five years in prison by U.S. authorities. The man, Ilya Lichtenstein, was arrested in February 2022 in Manhattan following a lengthy investigation led by the IRS, HSI, and the FBI, which managed to recover roughly 80% of the stolen cryptocurrency (94,000 Bitcoin)/ At…
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Hacker gets 10 years in prison for extorting US healthcare provider
Robert Purbeck, a 45-year-old man from Idaho, has been sentenced to ten years in prison for hacking at least 19 organizations in the United States, stealing the personal data of more than 132,000 people, and multiple extortion attempts. As showcased in the indictment, prosecutors linked multiple data theft and blackmail incidents to Purbeck (also known online as “Lifelock” and “Studmaster”).…
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